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çıkrık

“çıkrık” is a Turkish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. spinning wheel, a domestic device for spinning yarn or thread from fibres using one spindle
  2. capstan, windlass, winch, any mechanical device used to pull in or let out a rope or cable
  3. jenny, spinning jenny, a device or frame for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چقرق (çıkrık, “spinning wheel; capstan; jenny”), from Proto-Turkic *čığrık or *čıkrık (“something which revolves”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (“wheel”).

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